The borough was formed in 1965 from the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge, Hayes and Harlington Urban District, Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and West Drayton Urban District of Middlesex.
Hillingdon's blue plaque program began in 2008 focused on commemorating heroes who were born or lived in the borough.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London Borough of Hillingdon
Cecil John Kinross, V.C., 1896 - 1957, born here on the 17th February 1896, a...
Chris Finnegan MBE, 1944 - 2009, professional boxer and olympic champion. 196...
Michael John Stears 1934 - 1999. Born in Uxbridge 25th August 1934. Resided h...
Lord Miles of Blackfriars CBE, 1907 - 1991, British character actor, writer a...
{Around the edge:} London 2012 Paralympic Games - Double Gold Medallist, GB E...
Precentor and Chapter Treasurer of St Pauls in 1979.
Born Mbizana, in what is now Eastern Cape. President of the African National Congress. Fled to the UK from South Africa in 1960 to run the ANC abroad. Returned to South Africa after the collapse...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South Africa
French Ambassador in London 1898 - 1920. Born Paris. He helped negotiate the Entente Cordiale and to bring Britain into WW1 on the French side.
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900. Previously they had been paris...
Founder of Canterbury, New Zealand. Born Dublin. Travelled extensively in Ireland and North America and so was asked to found a Church of England colony in New Zealand. After living there for two y...
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